Sanitation and Medication

 Everyone should be entitled to the privacy of a toilet.  In the fishing villages, there is often only a hole deep in the sand. Before we left Sri Lanka last week, we paid to have a private toilet  and plumbing installed within some new brick walls..  The villagers have been hard at work and have already sent us photos of progress so far.   Thanks to FODAD supporters, the villagers will have a toilet and plumbed in water.

Medicine and doctors visits are expensive.    For just under 12 years, FODAD has paid for  a free clinic.  Open once a week,  the clinic has 3600 registered patients and 11 voluntary doctors working in rotation.  FODAD supplies all of the prescription drugs, pays for x-rays and any specialist visits.   We also takes out vitamin supplies  from England.

Prescription drugs paid for by FODAD

Vitamins from the UK

With the Duty Doctor

Fun in the Sun

FODAD is not only about education, shoes, books and uniforms for the children  but also about giving them some fun.   We have had 3 wonderful days with different groups of children.

Four years ago we determined that the kids we support from a children's home in the interior who had never seen the sea,  should come and join us on the beach, play in the sea, have some time to play sports and then enjoy a lovely lunch.  Everyone and especially Don had a wonderful time.

Life's a Beach

Sanjay, now 16 whom we have known since he was 5

In November, we promised the children from our school on the beach a trip to anywhere of their choosing when we came back in February.      Obviously, the beach has no appeal.  They opted for Leisureworld.  A two-hour bus journey away.  Some of them were terrified by the rides but  they had a wonderful time and we arrived home exhausted having had a wonderful day out.

On the Bus

our tired group at the end of thd day

Different than the sea

On Friday March 3^rd we took 36 children, their teachers and a few parents to the zoo.     It was a really hot day and we felt sorry for the animals.  They had rather less space that we would have expected.   Nonetheless, the children had a super time and really enjoyed their ice-creams.